The State of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: April 1999

摘要

One hundred and one experts in resource description convened in Washington, D.C., November 2 through November 4, 1998, for the sixth Dublin Core Metadata Workshop (DC-6). The registrants represented 16 countries on 4 continents and many disciplines. As with previous workshops, many new issues were opened, and vigorous debate was a hallmark of the event. Unlike previous workshops, the focus of DC-6 was not to resolve questions in plenary meetings, but rather to identify unresolved issues and assign them to formal working groups for resolution. The result of this process was an ambitious work plan for 1999. This report summarizes that work plan, highlights the progress that has been made on it and identifies a few significant projects that exemplify this progress.